Radeon HD 7990 vs Radeon R7 265
Summary
Radeon HD 7990
268%
Radeon R7 265
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7990
250%
Radeon R7 265
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7990 |
| 150% higher gaming performance. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 265 |
| 225 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7990 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Mantle |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7990
The Radeon HD 7990 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (5 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7990 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Malta () | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 365 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 2048 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 32 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 950 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7990 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit x2 | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 3072 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7990 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| TDP | 375 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 24 Apr 2013 | vs | 13 Feb 2014 |
Radeon HD 7990
60.80 GP/s
Radeon R7 265
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7990
244.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 265
59.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7990
576.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 265
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7990
7782.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 265
1894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7990
18530
Radeon R7 265
6900
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 7990
128
Radeon R7 265
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7990
122
Radeon R7 265
46
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7990
79
Radeon R7 265
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7990
79
Radeon R7 265
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 7990
71
Radeon R7 265
31
FPS (higher is better)